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Welcome to Wyrd Daze!

The artworks for this issue have been chosen from the
treasure trove of over one million images that the
British Library released into the Public Domain.

This issue features three amazing tales of woe and wonder:

Burden to BearbyKendall Redburn

Changes in the Hive-TownbyMartin Hayes

ChitterersbyAnthony Morgan-Clark

There is also the latest essay, this time aboutdark matter,
from our resident wyrd scientistMelissa Beall

an interview with musicianKeith Seatman

and additional art fromPaul Watson

This month’s Wyrd Daze EP features the following tracks:

Keith Seatman – Strange Tales & Lost Paper Trails

Concretism – Conquistadors

Ashtoreth – Séance VIII (Channeling Black Bone)

Kieron Mahon – The Men Went to the Moon

Polypores – Voices In The Walls

The Tara Experiment – The Anomalist

You can download the EP as part of Lvl2 Issue 4, or alternatively you can stream itHERE.

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Wyrd Daze is the multimedia zine of speculative fiction + experimental music, art, and writing. It began life as a one-off print edition in the Summer of 2013 before launching digitally on October 31st. It had a run of 12 issues before being rebooted to Lvl2 in March 2015.

Lvl2 Issue 2 Cover Art by Kev McKie

All through this initial run Wyrd Daze was available via a nominal subscription ($5 a month), creating a revenue with which to pay people for their contributions for the zine. The ethos of Wyrd Daze is to nurture, showcase, and support independent creativity.

I’ve now decided to take a step back with Wyrd Daze to concentrate on my own projects – in particular I have a novel to finish! I will still be continuing with the zine, but on a slower release schedule (An issue every 3 months or so). Consequently, I’ve decided to make Wyrd DazeFREE!

The whole of Lvl2 (3 issues so far) is now available to download, with more on the way.

(A full list of contents for each of the three issues can be found below)

The ethos of the zine hasn’t changed, and I would like to encourage those that are willing and able to donate via my Patreon page. Most of the revenue created there will be used to pay creators for their contributions to Wyrd Daze, and as an added bonus you’ll also be sent copies of my own short stories, music, + anything else I create!

Illu : strange tales from a wyrd world
by Becky Munich and Leigh Wright

Persephone’s Threshold by Jenna Kraus

Bacon and Eggs : A Doctor Who universe sidebar story
by Lee Rawlings

Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 EP 1

Track One – IXTAB : Parhelion

Track Two – The Whip Angels : Persephone’s Threshold

Track Three – Wizards Tell Lies : And Then It Awoke

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

An extract of a story from Seasons of War, the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology. The story is called The Celaphas Gift, and it was written by Andrew Smith, who wrote the 1980 Tom Baker era Doctor Who episode: Full Circle (Part One) and its novelisation. He’s since gone on to write several Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish. The story is read by Tracey Norman, with sound design by Simon Brett.

The podcast also features a mix dedicated to poet, maverick, and mystic Daevid Allen by The Ephemeral Man.

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 2

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Kev McKie

The Ballad of Sophie Nu by Mark Lawrence

An interview with Mark Lawrence

Shining Apples by Carsia Swenson

Walking on the Black Meadow by Chris Lambert

The Art of Clara Engel

I F***ing Love Science by Melissa Beall

Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

There’s a special 5-track compilation of songs by Canadian singer / songwriterClara Engelas part of the download with this issue, as well as theWyrd Daze Podcast, whichfeatures a special mix for Beltane byThe Ephemeral Man

Wyrd Daze Lvl2 Issue 3

Contents :

Cover and interior artworks by Choncey Langford

The June Bug by Chris Lambert

Notes from Some Other War by Martin Hayes

States of Matter : an essay about the wyrd of science
by Melissa Beall

This month’s mind-blowing cover-art is by Kevin McKie, and there are plenty more of his amazing illustrations within this issue of Wyrd Daze.

Click the image above to go to theWyrd DazePatreon page

or find other options to purchase the latest issue
for only $5 below.

Wyrd Dazeis honoured to be hosting‘The Ballard of Sophie Nu‘a short story by best selling authorMark Lawrence. The third book of his
‘The Broken Empire‘ trilogy, called ‘Emperor of Thorns‘ won the David Gemmell Award for Best Novel in 2014.

The second book in his second trilogy set in theBroken Empire is due to be released in June, and he has recently signed a substantial three-book deal with Harper Voyager for this third trilogy –
this time set in a unique world.

There is also an insightful interview with Mark
in this month’s zine.

Clara Engel is a mesmerizing singer / songwriter from Canada, and Wyrd Daze is delighted to be hosting a unique 11-track compilation of her songs, as well as an interview, and some of her art & lyrics.

As a taster, here’s a fan-made video for the first track from the compilation: ‘Heaven and Hell‘

Carisa Swensonwas inspired by the multimedia project Tales of the Black Meadow to create this sculpture, “Silver Apples“.

She has written a special story for Wyrd Daze
based upon her creation.

In addition, Chris Lambert tells us more about theTales from the Black Meadow project which he created with Kev Oyston – which so far has spawned an album and book, with more on the way!

The Wyrd Daze Lvl2 EP 1

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

This month’s podcast features an audio extract of one of the stories from Seasons of War : the unofficial Doctor Who charity anthology. The story is called The Celaphas Gift: it was written by Andrew Smith, who wrote the 1980 Tom Baker era Doctor Who episode: Full Circle (Part One) and its novelisation. He’s since gone on to write several Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish.

The extract is read by Tracey Norman, with sound design by Simon Brett.

Seasons of War is available via donation in a variety of formats. Donations are in aid of the charity Caudwell Children, for disabled children across the UK, and so far over 6 and a half thousand pounds has been raised! It’s a great book, pretty essential for Doctor Who fans, written by a talented selection of writers affiliated with the cult show in a number of ways. You can donate what you like but please consider giving generously if you can. You can donate and download the book at the Seasons of WarJust Giving page HERE.

This issue of Wyrd Daze is dedicated to poet and mysticDaevidAllen, co-founder of the magnificent marvelous melodious magick bandGong.

Daevid has been a huge inspiration to so many of us, and he passed beyond on Friday the 13th March at 1:08PM, boarding the flying teapot for the final trip to planet Gong.

This month’s podcast also feature a mix byThe Ephemeral Man which is bookended by tracks from Allen’s joyous 1977 solo album Now is the Happiest Time of Your Life.

The images above and below are byBecky Munich,
whose delightfully macabre illustration graces the cover
and interior of this month’s issue.

Also in this month’s Wyrd Daze zine is
a fiction short by richnfamous
and a lengthy installment ofFragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective.

This month’s Wyrd Daze Podcast features a mix byThe Ephemeral Man consisting of music taken from
soundtracks for modern computer games:Destiny, Dragon Age, Halo, The Last of Us,Mass Effect, Deus Ex: Human revolution, andPortal

This is hugely underrated music, and it’s probable that people
who don’t play computer games never get to hear it,
so here’s a chance to rectify that!

There is also a second mix which is
exclusive to Wyrd Daze subscribers and those
who buyIssue 12,as part of the download.

(The Wyrd Daze Podcast goes up on my Soundcloud account until replaced by the latest edition. All previous editions are archivedHERE)

There are several ways to accessIssue 12 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1,and all Patreon subscribers get access to theWyrd DazePatreon activity stream, with exclusive content.For more details and all Patreon subscription options, goHERE

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 11 showcase!

This month’s download features a three track mini-EP from Concretism, and there is an interview with Concretism‘sChris Sharp within the zine as well.

In addition there is a track by The Will of Nin Girima calledSpell Three : Carrion offeringfrom the albumTwo Cycles of Incantationon the Invisible City Records label

There’s also a track called Among the Stars fromRasplyn‘s new album Scenes through the Magic Eye,
out now on Mythical Records, and there is an interview
with Rasplyn‘s Carolyn O’Neill in this month’s zine too!

A full list ofIssue 11contents follows:

The Wyrd Daze PDF Zine

– Cover and interior art by Maxim Peter Griffin

– An interview with Carolyn O’Neill

– Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

– An Interview with Chris Sharp

– FICTION: Raven and the Boggart by Leigh Wright

The Wyrd Daze EP

Concretism

Track One :Fog

Track Two :I dreamt of Coryton

Track Three :A Tour of the Factory

Rasplyn

– Among the Stars

(from the album Scenes Through the Magic Eye on theMythical Records label)

The Will of Nin Girima

– Spell Three : Carrion offering

(from the album Two Cycles of Incantation on theInvisible City Recordslabel)

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

There’s something a little different on the Wyrd Daze podcast this month:
a conversation between myself (Leigh Wright) and writer Jasun Horsley.

We touch on some of the themes in his forthcoming bookSeen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist,and spiral out from there.
A discussion about Sentience, Culture, Discernment, Self,Life, The Universe, and Everything!

Hope you find it as fascinating as I did!

Jasun Horsley is an author of several books on popular culture, psychology, and high strangeness, transmedia storyteller, independent scholar, and existential detective.

He lives and works in Canada.

His latest book, Seen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist

is due from Zer0 Books in January, 2015.

There are several ways to accessIssue 11 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1,and all Patreon subscribers get access to theWyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content.For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below(and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with whichto pay contributors for their original contributions toWyrd Daze

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 10 showcase!

The above image is by Belgian painter, draughtsman, lithographer and poster artist Henri Privat-Livemont(1861 – 1936). His worksare in the public domain, and are respectfully displayed within this issue as a tribute to his art.

7: Cyril M : Duo#1

8: Wizards Tell Lies : Path of Zodiacs

9: Lykanthea : Aphonia

There are several ways to accessIssue 10 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1,
and all Patreon subscribers get access to theWyrd DazePatreon activity stream, with exclusive content.
For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below
(and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with whichto pay contributors for their original contributions toWyrd Daze

I leave you with the editorial that I wrote
for this special 10th Issue.

Hey everyone ~ we’ve reached issue 10 ~ Yay !

This project began as a creative leap from me – a challenge to harness a current of creative inspiration that exists among shining threads of humanity connected via the technology of social media. There is a vibrant world of independent artistic pursuits being undertaken by a myriad of crazy wonderful people, and I too feel this urge to experiment and make art, to be part of a loose community of independent thinkers, dreamers, weavers, believers.

And so why not create a zine? That way I can immerse myself in the creativity of others, providing a constant stream of inspiration that demands creative response. Sampling this rapture of creative delights remains the greatest joy about Wyrd Daze for me, and all the people that have shared their craft with us so far have been so generous of heart, so wondrous of soul, and just so fucking talented!

Of course, everybody has talents. Everyone is really good at at least one thing, one passion that we want to spend as much time as possible doing for no other reason than for the love of it. That’s what makes each and every one of us so special.

So hey, let’s make art and be beautiful!

A huge thank you to all the people who have shared their creativity with me, to the loyal subscribers who support this venture, and everyone else who has experienced Wyrd Daze in one form or another, for coming along on the ride.

And here’s this month’s edition of Paperclippe‘s
Life, the Universe, and Everything vlog,
this time about Nostalgia

There are several ways to access
Issue 9 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below (and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with which
to pay contributors for their original contributions
to Wyrd Daze

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 8 showcase!

This is a special issue dedicated to the independent music label Alrealon Musique, and they have been incredibly generous to gift a bonanza of music, videos, and other media for this month’s Wyrd Daze download.

The Wyrd Daze Podcastfeatures an exclusive Alreaon Musique mix by The Ephemeral Man

All that as well as the Wyrd Daze PDF zine!

There are several ways to access
Issue 8 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

FluiD – Disrupting the Ghost

The Jazz Fakers – Oh Rise New

Black Saturn – Minor Affliction

For more information about Alrealon Musique,
please visit their website HERE

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 7 showcase!

The above image is by Colleen Kinsella, whose wondrous art
can be found throughout this issue.

Colleen is also one half of the magnificent band Big Blood with Caleb Mulkerin, and I’ve put together a
10 track compilation of Big Blood music
as part of the Wyrd Daze download – there is also an interview with the band in the PDF zine.

There are several ways to buy Issue 7ofWyrd Daze:

As a stand alone product, including all multimedia content,
for $5HERE

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd DazePatreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below (and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with which
to pay contributors for their original contributions
to Wyrd Daze

The full list of issue 7 contents:

The Wyrd Daze EP 7

Bernholz–Alive!

Keith Seatman–Into the Well

Language of Shapes–Stitches

A Big Blood compilation

The Sound the Sea

Creepin Crazy Time

Leviathan Song Pt I

She Sells Sanctuary

Water

Wrinkles & Ribbons

She-WanderEr

Graceless Lady

Vitamin C

Coming Home pt III

The Wyrd Daze Zine

– Cover and interior art by Colleen Kinsella

– An interview with Bernholz

– FICTION: The Puddle by Eygló Daða Karlsdóttir

– An interview with Big Blood

– The Phoenix Guide to Strange England: Hookland
by David Southwell

– POEM: Bendochy by Kieron Bacon

– Concrete Island by Laica

– Leaves from the Tree by Kip

– FICTION: Breaking Up by William C Rasmussen

Life, the Universe, and Everything

A vlog by Paperclippe

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

Featuring a great selection of music
from Wyrd Daze and beyond!

The Wyrd Daze Clubs

With Wyrd Daze‘s expansion onto Patreon, the ongoing crowdfunding platform, there are now several subscription offers, including the Wyrd Daze Clubs. There are two Clubs: the Music Club and the Writing Club. Dedicated contributors contribute exclusive content to these clubs every month, and the money raised from subscriptions to these clubs is shared equally between the creators.

Subscription to a Club costs a mere $5, but you can subscribe to both for $8!